Day dial for New Delhi, Wednesday 19 May 2010A 24-hour dial with noon at the top. Sunrise 05:28, sunset 19:07. Yamaganda 07:11 to 08:53. Gulika Kalam 10:35 to 12:18. Rahu Kalam 12:18 to 14:00.00061218Moonset 00:01Moonrise 10:22

Panchanga · New Delhi · Wednesday 19 May 2010

Wednesday in New Delhi.

Shashthi until 20:30, then Saptami.

Observed today shashthi

Times forNew Delhi · 19 May

Rahu Kalam runs 12:18 to 14:00. Avoid new starts then.

The day runs from sunrise at 05:28 to the next sunrise.

  1. SunriseThe panchanga day begins.05:28
  2. YamagandaHold travel and new ventures.07:11 to 08:53
  3. MoonriseThe dot on the bezel where the Moon rises.10:22
  4. Gulika KalamWhat starts now tends to repeat.10:35 to 12:18
  5. Rahu KalamAvoid new starts.12:18 to 14:00
  6. SunsetNight hours follow.19:07
  7. MoonsetThe dot on the bezel where the Moon sets.00:01 Thu

Subdial: the Moon, waxing, Shukla Shashthi.

The five limbs

What the day is made of.

  • VaraBudhavaraWednesday, the day of Mercury (Me)From sunrise at 05:28 to the next sunrise
  • TithiShashthi, then SaptamiThe sixth and seventh lunar days of the waxing MoonShashthi until 20:30 · Saptami until 18:19 Thu
  • NakshatraPushya, then AshleshaThe lunar mansion the Moon is passing throughUntil 20:44, then Ashlesha until 19:20 Thu
  • YogaGanda, Vriddhi, then DhruvaOne of 27 Sun and Moon combinationsUntil 08:13, then Vriddhi until 05:24 Thu, then Dhruva until 02:33 Fri
  • KaranaKaulava, Taitila, then GaraHalf of a lunar dayKaulava until 09:34 · Taitila until 20:30 · Gara until 07:25 Thu

Sun and Moon

When the lights rise and set.

  • Sunrise05:28The Sun's upper edge meets the horizonThe panchanga day begins
  • Sunset19:07Day hours end, night hours begin13 h 39 min of daylight
  • Moonset00:01Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the cityThursday
  • Moonrise10:22Upper edge of the Moon on the horizon, seen from the city

The calendar

Where the day sits in the year.

  • PakshaShuklaThe waxing fortnight, new moon to full moon
  • MasaVaishakhaLunar month, counted to the full moonVaishakha when counted to the new moon
  • RituVasantaSpring, one of the six seasons
  • SamvatsaraVikritaThe name of the year in the 60-year cycle

Observances

The fasts ahead.

  • shashthiWednesday 19 May

Next Ekadashi

  • Mohini EkadashiMonday 24 MayBreak the fast on Tuesday between 05:26 and 07:58.
All festivals this year

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These timings follow tradition. They are not predictions.